IT system blunder led to patients incorrectly prescribed statins

IT system blunder led to patients incorrectly prescribed statins Health regulators have launched an investigation after it emerged that patients may have had their risk of cardiovascular disease miscalculated following an IT blunder.

Pulse magazine revealed there has been a bug in a system used by some GPs to determine a patient's risk.

This means that patients could have been affected by being inappropriately put on statins or taken off them as a result of a miscalculation. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• GPs told to review patients at risk as IT error miscalculates CV score in thousands Pulse
• Up to 300,000 heart patients may have been given wrong drugs or advice due to major NHS IT blunder The Daily Mail
• Computer glitch may have led to incorrect prescription of statins The Guardian